Repeating toy gun



June 11, E35. (3. H. LEONARD ,5

REPEATING TOY GUN Filed April 12, 1935 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

vided with an opening 35 through which the finger of the operator isplaced to release the trigger. A slot 3'! is formed in the barrel M toautomatically guide the elastic bands through the normal power stroke atthe end of which said elastic bands glide into a lower slot 38 so thatthe barrel is clear of bands and allows free passageway for the nextdart. The barrel I4 is so shaped in proportion to receive darts 20 andallow-them free passage the entire length of the barrel. Fig. 6illustrates an alternate construction of 'the magazine showing anothertype of spring-.39

which consists of two spring membersplaced diagonally beneath the plate2|, said springmeinbers being crossed and tending to push-theplateupwardly when the pressure abovetl're platejl is released A Themanner in which my device operates. is as follows:

The operator placesfi dartswithin themagazine [9. As the darts are.placed in the'maga-u zine the floor plate 21 is pushed downwardly re-"sulting ina tension upon. the spring contacting beneath the plate. The:operator then takes six elastic bands and places them, one'in eachslotted hole at the lower front end of the barrel [4, saidholes andslots being designated byinumerals I6,

- .11 respectively. .The bands 40 are then stretched toward the rearxofthe barrel, the band from the hole nearest the front end of the barrelengaging therearmost prong 35 formedon the. top of the handle l2, theelastic band which is fastened in the next hole near the front end ofthe. barrel is thenpassed rearwa'rdly and hooked over the prong to theleft of the last prong engaged untilthe sixbands. have been attached, as

: best illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The trig- Igermechanism isthen ina normal firing position as shown best in Fig. 3 of the. drawing.The

trigger-finger isthen placed through the opening .36and the trigger ispulled. "When .the trigger 25. is pulled there is imparted. to thetrigger arms:

21 a' vertical movement because the lowerendof said trigger arm 2l ispivotallymounted on the trigger 25 as at 28. This" movement raises thetrigger arm 21 to the positionshown in Fig. 4-"

. of the drawing, the notched portion I on the .7 upper part of thetrigger-arm comes into contacting engagement with the rubber band 40 inthe-" :recess between the two prongs immediately above the trigger arm.While .this' operation is being completed a tension is placed on theleaf spring 3|, 'asbest illustrated in Fig. 4 of .the drawing.

-Asthe rubber band 40 is lifted out of and'free of the prongs the bandcontactsthe rear end of the dart in the barrel, allowing theprojectileto be thrown from the gun.' To re-cock the gunr the operator merelyreleases thepressureoff the:

trigger 25 and the leaf spring 3| forces the trigger back to normalposition, as shown best in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The coil spring 29interposed between the pin 26 and the triggerarm 21 tends to pull thetrigger-arm toward the'trigger when the trigger is released. Thereleased elastic band.

, travels along the groove 31 in the barrel. l4 and---. .is lodged'inthe. groove 38 in the bottom of the barrel entirely outof the way of thenext band to bereleased. After one-dart has been released, the springpressure. on the plate2l causestheplate to moveupwardly therebypositioninganagain released the band lodged in then'ext recess betweenthe prongs is carriedabove-the top of the prong holding the same,andthelnext-dartis ejected from the barrel in the manner above 1; Arepeating elastic band gun including a barrel having a bore therein andalso having a slot' intersecting the bore and extending to a point shortof its front extremity, a magazine adapted to contain a plurality ofprojectiles, means for successively; feeding projectiles from the Ymagaelastic bands; means generally behind the barrel for maintaining.thebands stretched to different positions therebehind, means fartherforward;

and :clear of the bore for retaining the front ends ofthe bands, thebands being'arranged toltravel in the slot and engage and project aprojectile in the. .bore'when released, a trigger, means connected.torthe trigger for independently releasingvgo V the bands uponsuccessive actuations of said triggerand a receiving portion clear ofthe bore and connected to-the slot for holding relaxed bands.

2. A repeating elastic band gun'including'a barrel having a boretherein, a magazine adapted."

.tocontain a pluralityof projectiles, means for successively feeding theprojectiles into thebore of the barrel, a plurality of 'elastic-bands,'rear abutment means generally behind the barreli'or maintainingtheibandsstretched to different poitions therebehind, front abutmentmeansfarth'er forward of the barrel, means adjacent said last namedmeans and clear of: the bore for holding relaxed bands, the bands beingarranged to "engage and projecta' projectile in the bore when.

released, a trigger means connected to'the trigger zine .intolithe boreof the barrel,.a plurality of.

for independently releasing the bands fromsaid rear. abutment means uponsuccessive actuations of-the trigger.

.3. An elasticband gun portion and'a barrel attached thereto,said barrel:having a guide 'slot' extending. longitudinally thereof and completelythrough the same abutment meansappurtenant thev supporting portion forholding the rear end of the band means when whereby it,.mayv contractinto said groove which then acts as a guide for released band means tocompel. it ,to.travel. in the barrel and therebyact upon an objecttherewithin, said slot having at its frontenda-laterally connectingportion for clear- 1 ing released bands from-thebarrel.

:24. ,A:repeating :elastic band gun comprising a supporting portion, abarrel carried thereby; a

projectile holding magazine, means for feeding projectiles from themagazine into the barrel, the" barrel having a-guide slot extendinglongitudi-- .nally thereof andcompletely through the same,

and the slot having an open rear end, abutment means carried bythe'barrel'forsupporting a p1ucomprising a supporting:

.ment means .appurtenantthe front end' of the barrel to receivev elasticband means, rear abut-F ralit'y ofelastic bands, rear abutmentmeansfonifi supporting the opposite ends of the bands when stretched,said rear abutment means being 10- cated directly behind the open rearend of the slot, and means for individually releasing said elastic bandswhereby they may contact into the groove to propel the projectiles fromthe barrel, said slot having at its front end a laterally connectingportion for clearing released bands from the barrel.

5. A repeating elastic band gun comprising a supporting portion, abarrel carried thereby, a projectile holding magazine, means for feedingprojectiles from the magazine into the barrel, the barrel having a guideslot extending longitudinally thereof and completely through the sameand the slot having an open rear end, abutment means carried by thebarrel for supporting a plurality of elastic bands, rear abutment meansfor supporting the opposite ends of the bands when t stretched, saidrear abutment means being located directly behind the open rear end ofthe slot, means for individually releasing said elastic bands wherebythey may contract into the groove CHARLES H. LEONARD.

